McLaren entered Formula 1 in 1966, founded by New Zealander Bruce McLaren, who had already made his name as a driver and engineer. The team took its first Grand Prix win at Spa in 1968, but Bruce McLaren was killed in a testing accident in 1970. Under Teddy Mayer, McLaren became a title-winning team in the 1970s, with Emerson Fittipaldi winning the Drivers’ Championship in 1974 and James Hunt doing the same in 1976. The team’s most successful period began after Ron Dennis’s Project Four operation merged with McLaren in 1981. Through the 1980s and 1990s, McLaren won championships with drivers…